About Why should AS400 Programmers upgrade to an IDE?
IBM i programmers have used the green-screen SEU editor to write their RPG code for decades. The Source Entry Utility is essentially a NOTEPAD editor which runs natively on the IBM i System. It's been around ever since the AS400 and iSERIES machines. SEU was discontinued several years ago, it still works but has not been maintained so it does not check syntax for any of the newer program code logic. So what are the alternatives?
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IBM i programmers have used the green-screen SEU editor to write their RPG code for decades. The Source Entry Utility is essentially a NOTEPAD editor which runs natively on the IBM i System. It's been around ever since the AS400 and iSERIES machines. SEU was discontinued several years ago, it still works but has not been maintained so it does not check syntax for any of the newer program code logic. So what are the alternatives?
An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities for software development. An IDE normally consists of at least a source-code editor, build automation tools, and a debugger.